"Structure vs. Process: A Reconciliation (?)" Steven French (University of Leeds)
Egenis seminar series
Egenis seminar series - According to ?€?ontic?€? structural realism, the world is structure and physical objects are ?€?nodes?€? of such structure. I have tried to ?€?cash out?€? that claim in terms of the relevant laws and symmetries of physics, interpreted via certain devices taken from current metaphysics. I have also tried to extend this stance to biology. Such a move can be contrasted with the ?€?processual?€? approach that takes certain processes as fundamental and reduces biological entities to be nexuses of such processes. Here I shall sketch the similarities and differences between these two accounts and try to indicate how they might be reconciled.
| An Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences seminar | |
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| Date | 22 May 2017 |
| Time | 15:30 to 17:00 |
| Place | Byrne House |
Event details
Location:
Byrne House